SEATTLE (WA)
KING 5
[with video]
by CHRIS DANIELS / KING 5 News
The Archdiocese of Seattle and O’Dea High School officials said Thursday that a court gag order prevented them from informing students and parents that Principal Karl Walzcak was recalled after allegations of sexual abuse surfaced.
But critics charged that the school was covering up the reason for Walczak’s sudden departure in August. At the time, the school said Walczak was being recalled by the Christian Brothers Order to help with a bankruptcy proceeding.
“If you cover it up, you get fired. If you cover it up, you get prosecuted. If you molest children, it all comes out in light and you go to prison. what the Catholic Church has done and continues to do is lie and cover it up,” said Scott Abraham, a member of SNAP who was protesting across the street from O’Dea on Thursday.
But the Archdiocese insists the gag order was real.
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